Speaking Style With Edward Sexton | Interview With Savile Row Legend

About this video

Sacawa interviews Edward Sexton, a legendary British tailor who revolutionized Savile Row in the 1960s by founding the first new tailoring house there in a century. Sexton discusses his influences from 1930s-40s menswear, his journey into tailoring, memorable celebrity clients, and his evolution from full bespoke to custom bespoke tailoring to make his craft more accessible.

Key takeaways

• Sacawa learns that Sexton was influenced by romantic elegance of 1930s-40s dress, characterized by drape jackets, full shoulders and chests with less waist emphasis
• Sacawa documents how Sexton disrupted Savile Row as one of the first independent tailors to establish a new house rather than inheriting a family business, attracting famous clients like Joan Collins, Twiggy, and Ringo Starr
• Sacawa explores Sexton’s business evolution: full bespoke tailoring made entirely in London, and custom bespoke where patterns are cut in London but construction is completed offshore, lowering entry costs while maintaining the bespoke philosophy

Episode details: published October 24, 2016 · 67K views · 7:16 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style advice summarized here is Brian Sacawa’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are his, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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